Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Storaa, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 43.855 N,0 38.379 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.
Name: STORAA
Länge86 meter, Breite: 12.8 meter, Tiefgang: 5.8, Tonnage 1967 ton
Last: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,metal: concentrate and products
Ursache: Ex-wellpark, ex-navex '37, ex-prina '38, ex-willy '39. built in 1918 by greenock & grangemouth dockyard co ltd, grangemouth. owned at time of loss by the ministry of war transport. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 288nhp, single shaft. passage london for bristol. a danish ss seized when denmark was occupied by the germans. scuttled by her crew, was raised, repaired and sailed for the uk in 11.1940. torpedoed by german e-boats off hastings. 21 lives lost. (sibi). lost were 17 crew, 3 gunners and the pilot. (ll ww2). cargo 376 tons steel slabs, 250 tons billets, 608 tons pig iron. (j short).
Jahr der Registrierung: 1943
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 38 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 236 cm
Bekannt seit: 1943, zuletzt detektiert: 20200602
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H67/43 POSN 504339N, 003718E. (VA DOVER). H4959/73 10.4.75 NOT LOCATED DURING AREA SWEEP. SCATTERED BOTTOM CONTACTS FOUND DURING INTENSIVE SEARCH. GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 55/74). FILING ONLY. NCA. H4959/73 1.4.75 LOCATED 15.10.76 IN 504348N, 003830E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.9 IN GEN DEPTH 39-40MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.1MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. LARGE WK. SEABED SANDWAVES. (HMS EGERIA, HI 55/74). BR STD. H4121/76 3.8.76 EXAM'D 28.5.76 IN LISTED POSN. WRECK IS 108MTRS LONG & LIES 055/235DEGS. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR 22.6MTRS, FOUL 24.0MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS. BR STD. H1283/79 31.8.79 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS 'WELLPARK', A WW1 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT SHIP, FROM BELL. (J A COLEMAN, 20.6.79). 26.9.00 PREVIOUS NAME OF THIS VESSEL WAS WELLPARK. (M DEAN, ARCHEOLOGICAL DIVING UNIT). 2.3.04 RELATIVES OF CREW HAVE APPLIED FOR PROTECTION OF WK UNDER PROTECTION OF MILITARY REMAINS ACT. WK DESCRIBED AS IN GOOD CONDITION, UPRIGHT ON SHINGLE SEABED, WITH BRIDGE, HATCHES AND MASTS INTACT. PROPS AND 2 DECK GUNS IN PLACE. LITTLE SALVAGE TAKEN PLACE, QUANTITIES OF ARTILLERY ON DECK. VESSEL WAS SOLD BY MOD IN 1985 TO MEMBER OF HASTINGS SAC. (DIVER MAGAZINE JAN'04 & MAR'04). 16.3.06 LOCATED IN 5043.853N, 0038.378E [WGD] USING DGPS. BOW IN 5043.866N, 0038.409E WITH STERN IN 5043.840N, 0038.347E. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (M DEAN). CALCULATED LENGTH 87.8MTRS, LIES 056 DEGS. AMEND POSN. BR STD. 4.7.06 CONFIRMED AS STORAA IN THIS POSN. LIES WITH BOWS SW. POSNS OF BOW AND STERN WERE TRANSPOSED BY SURVEY COMPANY PROCESSING DATA. (M DEAN, EMAIL). NCA. 11.7.06 MULTIBEAM DIMENSIONS: LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 11MTRS. INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS APPARENTLY NE. (WESSEX ARCHEOLOGY). NCA. SEP 2015/000083464 11.2.16 EXAM'D 19.6.15; IN 5043.856N, 0038.382E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.66MTRS, GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 11.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 055/235. SCOUR 31MTRS TOWARDS 235, SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. WK INTACT AND UPRIGHT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 9.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC". SEP 2022/000014872 9.3.22 LOCATED 2.6.20; IN 5043.856N, 0038.382E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.98MTRS, GEN DEPTH 38MTRS, LENGTH 85 MTRS, WIDTH 14 MTRS, HT 9.8 MTRS, ORIENTATION 056/236.NFS. (ABPMER, HASTINGS LICENCE AREA 460 SURVEY DTD 2.6.20) RETAIN DW 25.66MTRS.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SW, LENGTH FROM M/B
Position: 50 43.855 N,0 38.379 E